Work has started on a new school hailed as an 'investment' in the city's future. Bluecoat Trent Academy, which is due to open in September 2024, is currently under construction where Nottingham College's now demolished former Clarendon campus stood on Pelham Avenue, near Carrington.
The 1,200 place secondary school will include a teaching block with an adjoined sports hall, catering and dining facilities, the planting of new trees, games court areas and external learning space. There will also be student bicycle, visitor and staff car parking, servicing zone bin store and secure boundary fencing.
Locals said they were pleased to see the old college building make way for the new school. Terry Allen, 33, who lives in Carrington and works in hospitality, said: "I have noticed that there isn't a lot for people in this area - there's not a lot of schools. It will make it a lot easier for families around here to send their kids to school, it is right off a main road as well.
